The number of highway project construction and awards in 2025-26 hit a 7-year low
NEW DELHI: Road construction and new works awards fell to a seven-year low in 2025-26, official data showed. While the overall construction mileage was less than 10,000 km, for the first time since 2019-20, only 7,000 km of work was awarded in…
Ramban landslide blocks Jammu-Srinagar national highway
Jammu: Large-scale landslides triggered in hardest-hit areas rainThe Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Ramban district was blocked on Monday as mud and shot stones fell on the only all-weather road between Jammu-Srinagar on Sunday night. Kashmir and…
Roads ministry proposes Centre’s power to set speed limit for NH
NEW DELHI: In a bid to clear commuters’ confusion over speed limits on national highways and highways, the road transport ministry has proposed that the Center should be responsible for setting these limits, while state governments would retain the…
Application and NHs channel approval process fully digitalized
NEW DELHI: People seeking access from National Highways (NH) to petrol stations, roadside facilities, industries, private properties and rest area complexes will no longer have to visit government offices to obtain NOCs. They will be able to apply and…
Electronic road toll to be opened in Delhi-Mumbai and other sections to be same as other NH India News
NEW DELHI: To ease the burden on commuters using partially open highways such as Delhi-Mumbai, Delhi-Katra and Amritsar-Jamnagar, the tolls on these corridors will be the same as those on other national highways, according to a notification issued by the…